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How to replace an oil pressure sending unit

This video shows where the oil pressure sending unit is, how to do a simple test, and of course how to replace it.

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Yep. Its calibrated for 80 psi and works nicely. Plus, if you buy the thing at AutoZone you get a nifty lifetime warranty.

Rest assured, we have a backup of Farrar's car blog and it will be restored in the near future. (Steve Rice - March 2016)
Rest assured, we have a backup of Shep's posts and all of them will be restored in the near future. (Steve Rice - March 2017)

For reference, typical oil pressure is high on these cars. At an 800-900 rpm idle when hot, you can expect to see the gauge just below the 3:00 position. Anything higher than 1000 rpm tends to push it to almost 80 psi.

Rest assured, we have a backup of Farrar's car blog and it will be restored in the near future. (Steve Rice - March 2016)
Rest assured, we have a backup of Shep's posts and all of them will be restored in the near future. (Steve Rice - March 2017)

Thank you for this! I just replaced the sending units on both of our DeLoreans with the AutoZone units, and they both work great! There's no more of the gauge being pegged at 80 or straight up at idle.